Adaptive Biotechnologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results
Adaptive Biotechnologies (Nasdaq: ADPT) announced its financial results for Q4 and the full year 2020, reporting revenues of $30.2 million for Q4 and $98.4 million for the year, marking increases of 25% and 16% respectively. The company launched T-Detect COVID, a T-cell based test for COVID-19, currently under FDA review for Emergency Use Authorization. Operating expenses rose 54% to $74.4 million in Q4, while net loss increased to $44.6 million. Despite these challenges, cash reserves stand strong at $806.8 million as of year-end.
- Revenue of $30.2 million in Q4 2020, a 25% increase year-over-year.
- Full year revenue of $98.4 million, reflecting a 16% increase.
- Clinical sequencing volume increased by 41% in Q4 2020.
- Launched T-Detect COVID, first T-cell based test for COVID-19.
- Collaboration with Labcorp extended for broader product access.
- Operating expenses increased by 54% to $74.4 million in Q4 2020.
- Net loss rose to $44.6 million for Q4 2020, up from $20.6 million in Q4 2019.
- Sequencing revenue decreased by 8% to $12.7 million in Q4 2020.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss increased to $34.6 million in Q4 2020.
SEATTLE, Feb. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation ("Adaptive Biotechnologies") (Nasdaq: ADPT), a commercial stage biotechnology company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020.
"Adaptive's launch of T-Detect COVID marks a pivotal moment in the diagnostic testing paradigm. We have now proven that it is possible to read how T cells detect disease in the blood and we are on a fast path to develop this product for many other indications," said Chad Robins, chief executive officer and co-founder of Adaptive Biotechnologies. "As we move into 2021, we are poised to execute on several key catalysts across all business areas that will accelerate our vision to power the age of immune medicine."
Recent Highlights
- Revenues of
$30.2 million for the fourth quarter and$98.4 million for the full year of 2020, representing a25% increase and16% increase, respectively, over the corresponding periods in 2019. - Clinical sequencing volume increased
41% to 4,539 clinical tests delivered in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to the fourth quarter 2019 and ended the year with 15,216 clinical tests delivered, up50% versus 2019. - Launched T-Detect™ COVID, first clinical T-cell based test for patients to confirm recent or prior COVID-19 infection. In final review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
- Extended collaboration agreement with Labcorp to enable broader access to our growing portfolio of immune-driven clinical diagnostic and research products.
- Submitted a 510(k) application to the FDA for the use of clonoSEQ in blood for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients.
Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Results
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Full Year 2020 Financial Results
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2021 Financial Guidance
Management will provide the 2021 outlook during the conference call scheduled to discuss the 2020 financial results.
Webcast and Conference Call Information
Adaptive Biotechnologies will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2020 financial results after market close on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed at http://investors.adaptivebiotech.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay at least 90 days after the event.
About Adaptive Biotechnologies
Adaptive Biotechnologies ("we" or "our") is a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the inherent biology of the adaptive immune system to transform the diagnosis and treatment of disease. We believe the adaptive immune system is nature's most finely tuned diagnostic and therapeutic for most diseases, but the inability to decode it has prevented the medical community from fully leveraging its capabilities. Our proprietary immune medicine platform reveals and translates the massive genetics of the adaptive immune system with scale, precision and speed to develop products in life sciences research, clinical diagnostics and drug discovery. We have three commercial products and a robust clinical pipeline to diagnose, monitor and enable the treatment of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions and infectious diseases. Our goal is to develop and commercialize immune-driven clinical products tailored to each individual patient.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measure
To supplement our balance sheets and statements of operations, which are prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP"), this press release also includes references to Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as net loss adjusted for interest and other income, net, income tax (expense) benefit, depreciation and amortization and share-based compensation expenses. We have provided a reconciliation of net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to Adjusted EBITDA at the end of this press release.
Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the financial performance of our business and the effectiveness of our business strategies. We present Adjusted EBITDA because we believe it is frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry and it facilitates comparisons on a consistent basis across reporting periods. Further, we believe it is helpful in highlighting trends in our operating results because it excludes items that are not indicative of our core operating performance.
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We may in the future incur expenses similar to the adjustments in the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA. In particular, we expect to incur meaningful share-based compensation expense in the future. Other limitations include that Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect:
- all expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
- changes in our working capital needs;
- income tax (expense) benefit, which may be a necessary element of our costs and ability to operate;
- the costs of replacing the assets being depreciated and amortized, which will often have to be replaced in the future;
- the non-cash component of employee compensation expense; and
- the impact of earnings or charges resulting from matters we consider not to be reflective, on a recurring basis, of our ongoing operations.
In addition, Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in our industry or across different industries.
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Adaptive Biotechnologies
Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | ||||||||||||||||
| Sequencing revenue | $ | 12,709 | $ | 13,888 | $ | 41,439 | $ | 43,519 | ||||||||
| Development revenue | 17,476 | 10,321 | 56,943 | 41,552 | ||||||||||||
| Total revenue | 30,185 | 24,209 | 98,382 | 85,071 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 6,222 | 5,951 | 22,530 | 22,274 | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 35,831 | 21,189 | 116,072 | 70,705 | ||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 18,545 | 12,640 | 61,358 | 38,453 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 13,398 | 8,189 | 49,536 | 30,332 | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 428 | 428 | 1,703 | 1,698 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 74,424 | 48,397 | 251,199 | 163,462 | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (44,239 | ) | (24,188 | ) | (152,817 | ) | (78,391 | ) | ||||||||
| Interest and other income, net | 785 | 3,577 | 6,590 | 9,785 | ||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | (1,116 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Net loss | (44,570 | ) | (20,611 | ) | (146,227 | ) | (68,606 | ) | ||||||||
| Fair value adjustment to Series E-1 convertible preferred stock options | — | — | — | (964 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to common shareholders | $ | (44,570 | ) | $ | (20,611 | ) | $ | (146,227 | ) | $ | (69,570 | ) | ||||
| Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | (0.17 | ) | $ | (1.11 | ) | $ | (1.01 | ) | ||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted | 136,954,148 | 124,397,150 | 131,216,468 | 69,165,315 | ||||||||||||
Adaptive Biotechnologies
Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 123,436 | $ | 96,576 | ||||
| Short-term marketable securities (amortized cost of | 564,833 | 480,290 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 10,047 | 12,676 | ||||||
| Inventory | 14,063 | 9,069 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 14,535 | 14,079 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 726,914 | 612,690 | ||||||
| Long-term assets | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 39,692 | 60,355 | ||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 99,350 | — | ||||||
| Long-term marketable securities (amortized cost of | 118,525 | 105,435 | ||||||
| Restricted cash | 2,138 | 2,138 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 10,225 | 11,928 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 118,972 | 118,972 | ||||||
| Other assets | 598 | 784 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,116,414 | $ | 912,302 | ||||
| Liabilities and shareholders' equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 3,237 | $ | 4,453 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities | 13,162 | 4,371 | ||||||
| Accrued compensation and benefits | 11,950 | 8,124 | ||||||
| Current portion of deferred rent | — | 371 | ||||||
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 3,529 | — | ||||||
| Current portion of deferred revenue | 73,319 | 60,994 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 105,197 | 78,313 | ||||||
| Long-term liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred rent liability, less current portion | — | 6,918 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, less current portion | 104,333 | — | ||||||
| Financing obligation | — | 36,607 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue, less current portion | 163,618 | 219,332 | ||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | — | 93 | ||||||
| Total liabilities |
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What were Adaptive Biotechnologies' Q4 2020 revenues?
Adaptive Biotechnologies reported revenues of $30.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2020.
What is the T-Detect COVID test about?
T-Detect COVID is the first clinical T-cell based test for confirming recent or prior COVID-19 infection.
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The company reported a net loss of $44.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2020.
What are the 2021 financial expectations for ADPT?
Management will share the 2021 financial outlook during the conference call on February 24, 2021.
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